New condition glossy color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes List of Other Works by J.R.R. Tolkien; Preliminary Page Quote; Note on the Text; Foreword to the Second Edition; Prologue Concerning Hobbits, and Other Matters; Appendices consisting ofA. Annals of the Kings and Rulers, B. The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), C. Family Trees (Hobbits), D, Calendars, E. Writing and Spelling, and F. The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age; and Indexes consisting of: I. Songs and Verses, II. Persons, Beasts and Monsters, III. Places, and IV. Things. Illustrated with a rear section of maps. "Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century." - Sunday Telegraph. "An extraordinary work - pure exitement." - New York Times Book Review. "In ancient times the Rings of Powe44r were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages, it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gatherd all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday, he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the RIng: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider." - from the rear outer cover.
